btrfs: fix deadlock between reflink and transaction commit when using flushoncommit
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-53122 |
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| State | PUBLISHED |
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| Assigner | Linux |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2026-06-24 17:17:26 UTC |
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| Updated | 2026-06-24 17:17:26 UTC |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix deadlock between reflink and transaction commit when using flushoncommit
When using the flushoncommit mount option, we can have a deadlock between
a transaction commit and a reflink operation that copied an inline extent
to an offset beyond the current i_size of the destination node.
The deadlock happens like this:
1) Task A clones an inline extent from inode X to an offset of inode Y
that is beyond Y's current i_size. This means we copied the inline
extent's data to a folio of inode Y that is beyond its EOF, using a
call to copy_inline_to_page();
2) Task B starts a transaction commit and calls
btrfs_start_delalloc_flush() to flush delalloc;
3) The delalloc flushing sees the new dirty folio of inode Y and when it
attempts to flush it, it ends up at extent_writepage() and sees that
the offset of the folio is beyond the i_size of inode Y, so it attempts
to invalidate the folio by calling folio_invalidate(), which ends up at
btrfs' folio invalidate callback - btrfs_invalidate_folio(). There it
tries to lock the folio's range in inode Y's extent io tree, but it
blocks since it's currently locked by task A - during a reflink we lock
the inodes and the source and destination ranges after flushing all
delalloc and waiting for ordered extent completion - after that we
don't expect to have dirty folios in the ranges, the exception is if
we have to copy an inline extent's data (because the destination offset
is not zero);
4) Task A then attempts to start a transaction to update the inode item,
and then it's blocked since the current transaction is in the
TRANS_STATE_COMMIT_START state. Therefore task A has to wait for the
current transaction to become unblocked (its state >=
TRANS_STATE_UNBLOCKED).
So task A is waiting for the transaction commit done by task B, and
the later waiting on the extent lock of inode Y that is currently
held by task A.
Syzbot recently reported this with the following stack traces:
INFO: task kworker/u8:7:1053 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u8:7 state:D stack:23520 pid:1053 tgid:1053 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-btrfs-46)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5298 [inline]
__schedule+0x1553/0x5240 kernel/sched/core.c:6911
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6993 [inline]
schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7008
wait_extent_bit fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:811 [inline]
btrfs_lock_extent_bits+0x59c/0x700 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:1914
btrfs_lock_extent fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h:152 [inline]
btrfs_invalidate_folio+0x43d/0xc40 fs/btrfs/inode.c:7704
extent_writepage fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:1852 [inline]
extent_write_cache_pages fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:2580 [inline]
btrfs_writepages+0x12ff/0x2440 fs/btrfs/extent_io.c:2713
do_writepages+0x32e/0x550 mm/page-writeback.c:2554
__writeback_single_inode+0x133/0x11a0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1750
writeback_sb_inodes+0x995/0x19d0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2042
wb_writeback+0x456/0xb70 fs/fs-writeback.c:2227
wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2374 [inline]
wb_workfn+0x41a/0xf60 fs/fs-writeback.c:2414
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.64:6910 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.64 state:D stack:22752 pid:6910 tgid:
---truncated--- |
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Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
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| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 05a5a7621ce66c142e081ffc24dd6ade6e912061 73be4a08306bb84f4d5d16f62cb80e1543109ffa git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 05a5a7621ce66c142e081ffc24dd6ade6e912061 9a24f0000876b8755cf21972b41632f4d6f3dafb git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 05a5a7621ce66c142e081ffc24dd6ade6e912061 6f0f9c0a368aa1fe078109091322d3b0632d9380 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 05a5a7621ce66c142e081ffc24dd6ade6e912061 b48c980b6a7e409050bb3067165db31cc6205e3e git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 5.7 |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 5.7 semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.12.91 6.12.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.18.33 6.18.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.0.10 7.0.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.1 * original_commit_for_fix |
Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/b48c980b6a7e409050bb3067165db31cc6205e3e |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/73be4a08306bb84f4d5d16f62cb80e1543109ffa |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a24f0000876b8755cf21972b41632f4d6f3dafb |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f0f9c0a368aa1fe078109091322d3b0632d9380 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.
